A term for one skilled in calligraphy (PM/318), a combination of tegil “pen” and the suffixal form -bor of paur “fist”.
Sindarin
tegil
noun. pen
tegil
noun. pen
tegilbor
masculine name. *Pen-fist
tegilbor
noun. pen-hand
tegil (Sindarized Q tekil “pen”) + paur (“a tightly closed hand as in using an implement or a craft-tool”)
tegilbor
noun. one skilled in calligraphy, a calligrapher
tegil
pen
tegil (i degil, o thegil), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thegil) (PM:318). Also (at least in ”Noldorin”) tegol (i degol, o thegol), analogical pl. tegyl (i thegyl)
tegil
pen
(i degil, o thegil), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thegil) (PM:318). Also (at least in ”Noldorin”) tegol (i degol, o thegol), analogical pl. tegyl (i thegyl)
tegilbor
calligrapher
tegilbor (i degilbor, o thegilbor), pl. tegilboer (i thegilboer) (PM:318, where the word is defined as ”one skilled in calligraphy”). Archaic *tegilbaur.
tegilbor
calligrapher
(i degilbor, o thegilbor), pl. tegilboer (i thegilboer) (PM:318, where the word is defined as ”one skilled in calligraphy”). Archaic ✱tegilbaur.
Sindarized form of Quenya tekil, not known to the Sindar until the coming of the Ñoldor (but see however tegol for a possible dialectal variant)